Blowing Smoke: A History of Tobacco U.S. Politicians

Blowing Smoke: A History of Tobacco U.S. Politicians

President Obama and John Boehner, the newly elected Speaker of the House, don't share much in common—except maybe a Zippo. Both men have a weakness for the "bewitching weed." But while one of them (Obama) has tried to quit, the other reportedly still rocks a two-pack-a-day habit. It's like a two-man synoposis of Washington's longstanding ambivalence toward tobacco. A brief history: